2025Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 8.
Shane Whitlock — a radiologist originally from Benton, Arkansas
Claire Sattler — a comedian and research scientist from New York, New York
Ben Chan — a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben! | $800 | $3,200 | $18,395 |
$14,701
2nd place: $5,000 |
$19,400
23 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Claire | $-200 | $800 | $0 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$0
4 R, 2 W |
| Shane | $5,600 | $9,000 | $14,700 |
$20,700
Winner: semifinalist |
$18,200
23 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| MONTHS THAT START WITH FEB | SECOND LETTER "Y" | A NOVEL PROFESSION | TELEVISION | WARRIORS | COME OUT & PLAY |
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$200
[8]
On the Roman calendar, Feb. 13 was these of February, not quite as well known as the ones of March
Ides
Ben!
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$200
[26]
A little easier on the wallet, this type of gem is created in a lab
synthetic
Shane
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$200
[4]
Hannibal Lecter, who (mis)treated Mason Verger
a psychiatrist
Claire
Shane
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$200
[14]
Tami Taylor (Connie Britton) worked as a guidance counselor at Dillon High School, home of Panthers football, on this series
Friday Night Lights
Ben!
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$200
[27]
The sagittarii were these type of soldiers in the Roman army
archers
Ben!
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$200
[30]
Ten high school pals who continued being "it" for more than 20 years inspiredthis2018 movie with Jeremy Renner & Jon Hamm
Tag
Ben!
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$400
[10]
Perhaps in the spirit of George Washington's birthday, National this dessert Day is celebrated on February 20
cherry pie
Ben!
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$400
[13]
This North American tree throws a lot of shade & its peelingbarkcan look like camouflage
a sycamore
Ben!
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$400
[5]
Miss Jean Brodie
teacher
Ben!
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$400
[18]
Jewel won the sixth season of this series, competing as the Queen of Hearts
The Masked Singer
Shane
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$400
[17]
An ancient Persian force was called the 10,000 these--the soldiers didn't live forever, but were replaced as soon as they died
the Immortals
Shane
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$400
[29]
"Squid Game" put a gruesome twist on this stop-&-go game also called Statues
Red Light, Green Light
Claire
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$600
[21]
This stock market index debuted in February 1971
(the) Nasdaq (Composite)
Ben!
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$600
[23]
The state motto of Virginia translates as "Thus Always to" these
Tyrants
Shane
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$600
[7]
Mitch McDeere
attorney
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$600
[19]
This sitcom stalwart plays Charles, "A Man on the Inside" investigating crime at a nursing home
Ted Danson
Claire
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$600
[12]
Geoffroi de Charney belonged to this order of knights & was immolated in 1314 with the grand master of his order
the Knights Templar
Shane
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$600
[28]
'90s kids might remember this game played with cardboard, bottle caps & slammers
Pogs
Ben!
|
|
$800
[24]
This English chocolate company is credited with introducing the heart-shaped box of chocolates on Valentine's in 1868
Cadbury
Ben!
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$800
[22]
This small area at the base of the brain helps manage, among other things, body temperature & thirst & hunger
hypothalamus
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
Oliver Mellors, working on the Chatterley estate
the gamekeeper
Ben!
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$800
[20]
Dominic West was McNulty on "The Wire" & unfaithful spouse Noah Solloway on this Showtime series
The Affair
Shane
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$800
[11]
17th century Ethiopian warrior Malik Ambar fought Jahangir, a ruler of this dynasty, on the Deccan plateau of India
Mughal
Shane
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$800
[16]
Come outside & play this verbal contest with me; the OED says it is where "2 people exchange insults" & mentions your mama
the Dozens
|
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$1,000
[25]
This group went to work for the first time in February 1790 with John Jay presiding
the U.S. Supreme Court
Shane
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$1,000
[2]
To the Greeks it was 10,000 specifically, but we think of it as being innumerable or an abundance of something
myriad
Ben!
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$1,000
[3]
Howard Roark, who laughed in an opening line
architect
Shane
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$1,000
[6]
Hewas just a writer on "Ted Lasso" but thought, "I really identify with Roy Kent, so I should play him" & did
(Brett) Goldstein
Shane
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$1,000
[9]
From Arabic for "slave", these warriors established a dynasty in Egypt & Syria from 1250 to 1517
the Mamluks
Shane
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$1,000
[15]
Speeds can reach 150 mph in this fast-paced sport, "merry festival" in Basque
jai alai
Shane
|
| POETS GO TO THE CINEMA | 4-LETTER CITIES | CONTEMPORARIES | SOLD! AT AUCTION | ALL ABOUT ANIMALS | ALLITERATION |
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$400
[25]
In a poem inspired by this film, Amanda Gorman wrote, "Defending the good is how we defy gravity"
Wicked
Claire
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$400
[28]
The Romans called this Somerset city Aquae Sulis, then probably took a soak there
Bath
Ben!
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$400
[30]
Queen Victoria gave birth to her son Leopold in 1853, when this man (& sons) opened a piano shop in Manhattan
Steinway
Shane
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$400
[29]
One of the larger items auctioned off by Sotheby's was Sue, one of these, now residing at Chicago's Field Museum
a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton
Shane
|
DD
$5
[20]
These pointy denizens of the ocean were actually named after an earlier word for hedgehogs
sea urchins
Ben!
|
$400
[26]
If you've tabled an issue, you've put it on this proverbial spot, where it can simmer
the back burner
Shane
|
|
$800
[7]
Frank Bidart's poem about this actor notes "The Joker's voice, so unlike the bruised, withheld, wounded voice of Ennis Del Mar"
Ledger
Ben!
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$800
[11]
This city on the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh is also home to the Pearl Mosque
Agra
Shane
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$800
[14]
In the 1850s Mendel studied pea plants & this Dem. senator introduced his Freeport Doctrine allowing laws tough on slave owners
(Stephen) Douglas
Ben!
Shane
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$800
[8]
A surplus of its office assets were auctioned off in 2023, including a neon bird sign from its San Francisco HQ
Twitter
Ben!
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$400
[27]
About two inches, give or take a whisker, Otocinclus laps up algae & is related to the bullhead as this type of fish
catfish
Claire
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$800
[22]
Just the most basic, like a skeleton
bare bones
Shane
|
|
$1,200
[4]
Frank O'Hara wrote a poem for this film star after he died in a 1955 car accident
James Dean
Ben!
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$1,200
[10]
In 2015 Yemen's government fled to this port city after Houthi rebels captured Sana'a
Aden
Shane
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$1,200
[9]
Mozart composed "Cosi fan tutte" around the time when this French guy was writing his "Elementary Treatise on Chemistry"
Lavoisier
Shane
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$1,200
[3]
Written mostly by Bill W., the original working draft for this organization's Big Book was sold in 2018
Alcoholics Anonymous
Ben!
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$800
[17]
It's the 6-letter word for the hairyflapof skin under a moose's chin
dewlap
Ben!
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$1,200
[21]
In his 1941 State of the Union, FDR enumerated this quartet
the Four Freedoms
Shane
|
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$1,600
[5]
John Murillo name-drops Bruce Lee & Jim Kelly in a poem named for this 1973 martial arts film
Enter the Dragon
Ben!
Claire
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$1,600
[12]
Thispicturesque Austrian city on the Danube claims its namesaketorteis the oldest cake named for a city
Linz
Ben!
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$1,600
[13]
Cecil B. DeMille directed the hit epic "The Ten Commandments"; this 1923 insurrection led by Hitler was a failure
the Beer Hall Putsch
Ben!
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$1,600
[6]
The mahoganytableon which he signed his abdication papers in 1936 was sold 62 years later for around $400,000
Edward VIII
Ben!
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$1,200
[1]
Fratercula, a genus name of this sea parrot, means "little brother", a reference to how its plumage looks like a monk's robe
the puffin
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$1,600
[23]
This pair of words is in the title of books that collect the pithy quotes of Oscar Wilde, Abraham Lincoln & others
wit & wisdom
Ben!
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$2,000
[19]
Allen Ginsberg's poem "The Blue Angel" begins with this German actress "singing a lament"
Dietrich
Ben!
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$2,000
[15]
In 2011 this city in Africa became the world's newest national capital
Juba
Shane
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$2,000
[16]
While Molière was cornering the market on French comedy, this "Phèdre" playwright was the virtuoso of French tragedy
Racine
Ben!
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$2,000
[18]
In 2018 a bronze head by this "Bird in Space" sculptor sold at auction for $71 million
Brâncuși
Ben!
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$1,600
[2]
An endangered species, the golden lion variety of this primate lives exclusively in forested habitats in Brazil in the wild
marmoset
|
DD
$3,500
[24]
This pair that tests one's forbearance sounds redundant; the phrase was used about St. Paul's epistle to the Romans
trials & tribulations
Shane
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The only 2 Democrats to be elected president between James Buchanan in 1856 & FDR in 1932
Grover Cleveland & Woodrow Wilson